The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-18
HERR MOST AGAIN In JAIL
The Loud-MouthedA Advocate Of Assassi-
nation Indicted for melting to Riot,
And Immediately Placed Under Arrest and
Consigned to Cell. from Which He Will
Likely Be Sent to the Penitentiary.

NEW YORK, Nov 1z-Johann Most, the
Anarchist. was arrested at noon to-day at the
office of his newspaper, by detective Seraeants
Crowley and Mcclure, of Inspector Brynes's
staff. He vas taken directly to police head
quarters and through the aldermen's gate and
osked up in one of the cells in the basement
His arrest was made by direction OF Inspector
Brynes. a warrant issued by Justice Cowing.
to-day, for having made incendiary speech
calculated TO incite riot on last Friday night
in a hall in Seventh street The warrant
made returnable before Justice Cowing in
court
AS early as last Wednesday Superintendent
Murray intimated to his captains that they
should take particular pains in watching the
movements of Anarchists in this city. especially
during the excitement attending the hanging of
the Anarchists in Chicago Friday and their
funeral on Sunday, On Thursday night
Cured the parade of the reds, and then ali the
reserves were on duty. Late that night Superin-
tendent Murray issued special orders to cap
tains to follow all the movements
of all Anarchists, and to report to him
any meeting they were likely to hold. On Sat
urday night "wake" was to be held by the An
archists in Florence Hall, in Second avenue, but
Captain MacCullagh succeeded in getting his of
ficers there before the Socialists arrived and
made the place decidedly uncomfortable for the
malcontents. But while this going
Johann Most with his companion Lena Fisher.
attending an Anarchist meeting il Seventh
street. After the audience got well warmed up,
Most himself made speech which was particu-
larry blood-curdling in character. Unfortunate-
ly for Most, patrolmen Rott and Sechs, of the
Fourteenth precinct, there in civilian
dress. taking notes. These memoranda were
brought TO Superintendent Murray and laid be-
m and on a
the Anarchist. He was not to be found. There
was every reason to believe that he had left the
jurisdiction Of the State. and was in hiding
somewhere. Then the shrewdness of Inspector
Byrnes came into play. Heknsw that if be
made public the quandary of the police Most
would naturally hear OF it, and he would stay
out of the city indefinitely. So he kept
his mouth sealed, and allowed the excitement
OF the search for Most to die out The bait was
we'll used. Most thought the trouble was gone
by. and yesterday he came back 20 the city and
went TO work with his paper. Mr.. Byrnes was
informed of this. and early this morning he
went before the district attorney and presented
the evidence he had obtained against Most for
his incendiarism and asked that the grand jury
find an indictment against him. The Inspector
ana seven witnesses gave testimony, and an in
dictment was found In the meanwhile Most
had been arrested. Most insists that he did not
use the language attributed to him by the po-
lice. AS this is the second time he has been ar
rested for making violent speeches, he will
probably get the full extent of the law, which is
years Imprisonment and a fine.
Inspector Byrnes talked with Most subse-
quentIy. The latter said the execution of the
Chicago Anarchists was an outrage. He MOST
had become imbued with the anarchistic princi-
pies when boy. He worked at book binding
and noticed that all the money went to the
bosses He believed that the workmen
should have things in their hands
and divide the profits of work. He did not
believe in marriage vows. Men and women
should be able to live together if they wanted.
He said that he might not encourage violence
directly. but if the workingmen could not have
what they wanted no fault would be found with
any person using dynamite. 1t nonsense
to say that Linee was converted to anarchy by
his (Mosts) writings, for he was Anarchist in
Germany. He claimed that the reports of his
speech. Saturday, which appeared in the papers,
false in every particular There
conspiracy on the part Of certain people to get
rid of him.
Bail will be asked for him tomorrow. The
Indictment under which Most arrested
charges a misdemeanor. In the document the
arch-Anarchlst is characterized as an evil-dis-
posed and pernicious person. and of most wicked
and turbulent disposition, wickedly and
Iciously contrivine to disturb the public peace,
and to excite the good citizens of our said State
to hatred and contempt of the government, and
to make instructions" ETC.